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EP 32 | Prof. Akinbile: Policy & Practice - Translating Extension Research into Sustainable Development.
This podcast episode deliberated on the need for simple, responsive, and effective research-to-policy pathways to address Nigeria’s agricultural challenges, such as food security, rural poverty, and economic diversification.
Policies are deliberate ways to bring about development. When evidence-based, policies more likely yield positive outcomes and impacts.
Thorough research births evidence that guides policies when considered.
Much of the development failures today are of policies, the failure to incorporate research.
Extension Practice conducts a series of important researches crucial for sustainable development. However, there is often a gap between policy and practice and which in turn affects development, for different reasons.
It was therefore the rationale for this discourse, to unravel and remedy constraints and ensure better coordination, alignment, and translation.
Prof. Akinbile, A Professor of Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan, understanding this, in his recent Inaugural Lecture at the University of Ibadan, emphasized the need for sustainable reforms to energize agricultural development programmes and also agricultural extension delivery system in Nigeria.
It is understood the importance of agricultural extension to agricultural development, however, agricultural extension is not performing to expectations given less focus and (even when it could guide policy) suffers from policy inattention.
Professor Luqman has conducted extensive research in this area, including studies on household economy roles, rural women’s time budgeting, indigenous credit associations, and socio-economic status scales, which provided evidence-based insights that informed agricultural policies.
Aside from the field of research, he has also been involved in influencing and formulating policies for development, with his leadership roles, such as his presidency of the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria and membership in the University of Ibadan’s Senate Curriculum Committee.
The academic, research and leadership experiences thus brought richness to the discourse and entailed not just discussion on Policy & Practice but also from a practical lens.
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By The Lasgidi FarmerThis podcast episode deliberated on the need for simple, responsive, and effective research-to-policy pathways to address Nigeria’s agricultural challenges, such as food security, rural poverty, and economic diversification.
Policies are deliberate ways to bring about development. When evidence-based, policies more likely yield positive outcomes and impacts.
Thorough research births evidence that guides policies when considered.
Much of the development failures today are of policies, the failure to incorporate research.
Extension Practice conducts a series of important researches crucial for sustainable development. However, there is often a gap between policy and practice and which in turn affects development, for different reasons.
It was therefore the rationale for this discourse, to unravel and remedy constraints and ensure better coordination, alignment, and translation.
Prof. Akinbile, A Professor of Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan, understanding this, in his recent Inaugural Lecture at the University of Ibadan, emphasized the need for sustainable reforms to energize agricultural development programmes and also agricultural extension delivery system in Nigeria.
It is understood the importance of agricultural extension to agricultural development, however, agricultural extension is not performing to expectations given less focus and (even when it could guide policy) suffers from policy inattention.
Professor Luqman has conducted extensive research in this area, including studies on household economy roles, rural women’s time budgeting, indigenous credit associations, and socio-economic status scales, which provided evidence-based insights that informed agricultural policies.
Aside from the field of research, he has also been involved in influencing and formulating policies for development, with his leadership roles, such as his presidency of the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria and membership in the University of Ibadan’s Senate Curriculum Committee.
The academic, research and leadership experiences thus brought richness to the discourse and entailed not just discussion on Policy & Practice but also from a practical lens.